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marble falls

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5. Just one of the many reasons I do not carry a weapon or have one in the house ...
Mon Dec 5, 2022, 11:07 AM
Dec 2022

... I'm old, and I really feel there ought to age limits for owning on both ends. Over 21 and under 70. For the record: I am past 70. Well past 70.

A jerk about 50 pulled a stunt at a light a block away from my home last week. I gave a light beep. He followed me onto my property and proceeded to dare me to a fight. If I had a pistol, I might have shot him and walked: this is Texas and I was standing my ground and repeatedly telling to get off private property.

No doubt about it: I needed disarming, and I'm glad I became so when I got rid of the last weapon ... a single shot shotgun I used to give the pheasants a fair chance, in Nebraska over 25 years ago.

There are just plain too many self appointed avenging angels out there.

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